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Weekend Reads: December 11, 2020

Welcome to Lowercase Weekend Reads. Our weekend reads highlight the most important articles of the week.

Why millions of dollars in pandemic aid are going to corporations making healthy profits

This is exactly what gets people angry. The elites from the top handing money down that ends up making the wealthy wealthier. I do not oppose government spending when necessary but if you are going this route, make sure it ends up in people who need it most. Read on and find out for yourself what a plutocracy looks like. 

“In other words, tens of millions of dollars from the government's pandemic aid package has gone to corporations whose profits are up, despite the economic downturn. “

The Children of Pornhub

Bombshell of an article but not surprised one bit. This is the article we mentioned in our last podcast. Must read and very alarming. 

“The world has often been oblivious to child sexual abuse, from the Catholic Church to the Boy Scouts. Too late, we prosecute individuals like Jeffrey Epstein or R. Kelly. But we should also stand up to corporations that systematically exploit children. With Pornhub, we have Jeffrey Epstein times 1,000.”

“Look At What We Love. It’s on Fire”: Stephen Colbert on Trump Trauma, Leadership, and Loss

Love Stephen Colbert I love comedians who can make you laugh talking about serious shit. It was fun to get his views on the current situation in the U.S. and guess what. Just like us, he is sad he can’t ride the Trump train any more. 

Christopher Nolan Rips HBO Max as "Worst Streaming Service," Denounces Warner Bros.' Plan

I am not a movie buff but I am a fan of seeing some cozy industries getting disrupted by new technologies. This is like what uber did to taxis. But it is interesting to see what will happen to content creation with a whole new delivery process. 

What A Time To Be In Decline

The decline of the west by Oswald Spengler is a masterpiece and for that reason alone you should read this article.